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Synthesis of the texts about Basketball

Basketball is more than just a game, It is a lifestyle. If a person plays basketball he/she will have the health benefits in playing. One of the benefits that a person will gain is an increase in endurance since it improves cardiovascular health due to all the running and other physical activity that the person will do in a game. Another benefit that a person will gain is bone strength. Due to the weight-bearing activities that a person will do during a game of basketball his/her bones will become stronger because it will cause the bones to rebuild. Basketball as a lifestyle is very fun thus making a person indulge more in the sport thus causing him/her to want to improve more.

In the game of basketball there are skills and factors that a player must have in order to win a game. One of the skills that a player must have is the ability to make quick and precise decisions because a player who has this skill will be able to control the pace of the game and keep his/her team running smoothly. Another skill that a player must have is the ability to play exceptional defense because this will help the team stop the opposing team from scoring and put a game into their favour.

Muscle Fatigue during Football Match-Play

Author/s of the text: Reilly T., Drust B., Clarke N.

Title of Journal/ Publication: Sports Medicine

URL or Web Address: https://link.springer.com/article/10.2165/00007256-200838050-00001

Main idea: One of the consequences of sustaining exercise for 90 minutes of football match-play is muscle fatigue.

Supporting details:

  1. The stores of muscle glycogen may be considerably reduced by the end of the game, especially if there has not been a tapering of the training load.
  2. The decline in muscle strength may increase the predisposition to injury in the lower limbs and central fatigue may also occur with implications for muscle performance.

 

The Relationship between Perceived Coaching Behaviors and Group Cohesion in High School Football Teams

Author/s of the text: Westre K., Weiss M.

Title of Journal/ Publication: The Sport Psychologist

URL or Web Address: https://journals.humankinetics.com/doi/pdf/10.1123/tsp.5.1.41

Main idea: There is a significant relationship between perceived coaching behaviors and group cohesion in football teams.

Supporting details:

  1. Coaches who were perceived as engaging in higher levels of social support, training and instruction, positive feedback, and a democratic style were associated with higher levels of task cohesion within their teams.
  2. A series of sub-analyses revealed that perceptions of team and individual success, as well as starter/nonstarter playing status, were also related to perceptions of coaching behaviors and/or team cohesion, while offensive and defensive positions were not related to these constructs.

Passing Success Percentages and Ball Possession Rates of Successful Teams in 2014 FIFA World Cup

Author/s of the text: Kemal Goral

Title of Journal/ Publication: International Journal of Science Culture and Sport (IntJSCS)

URL or Web Address: http://www.iscsjournal.com/Makaleler/392960147_3c1s_10.pdf

Main idea: In soccer, having the ball in midfield and offensive region and passing attempt, successful passing scores, passing success percent at a high level are the most basic principles that bring success.

Supporting details:

  1. Clemente (2012) it was found that the most successful teams in the FIFA World Cup 2010 realized more passes per match than other teams.
  2. In the study of Parziale and Yates (2013) on the value of the ball possession, when a team in English Premier League had the ball possession more than 64%, it was found that there was a positive correlation between the percentage of ball possession and winning the match.

Football — A shared sense of belonging?

Author/s of the text : Dr Chris Stone

Title of journal / publication : furd

URL or WEB ADDRESS : http://www.furd.org/resources/Final%20Research%20Report-%20low%20res.pdf

Main idea : Creating longlasting bonds, memories and hope. Football unites the whole world

Supporting details :

  1. Friendships develop over time and football provides the motivation for people to meet regularly. Whether training, playing, going to matches or watching on television, there is a timetable that for many refugees and asylum seekers may be absent in the rest of their lives.
  2. The development of friendships, or friendly relationships with interconnecting networks of acquaintances, is part of the communality attached to belonging

Synthesis of the texts about Badminton

There were numerous information and ideas that have been acquired through the texts “Badminton history”, “Top 10 Health Benefits of Badminton”, “Badminton Injuries”, and “8 facts about badminton that will blow your mind”. The text “Badminton history” gave information about the origin of Badminton and discussed how the name changed from Battledore and shuttlecock up to its modern name, Badminton. Another text which is entitled “Top 10 Health Benefits of Badminton”, gave information about the different health benefits of playing the sport including the development of athleticism and physical fitness. The text “Badminton injuries” talks about the injuries that playing Badminton could bring. It also discusses how the overuse or misuse of body parts can cause injuries such as tennis elbow and jumper’s knee. The last text “8 facts about badminton that will blow your mind” discusses facts about the sport that are unknown to most people even to the people playing it like how it is the most popular sport in the world after football and that feather shuttlecocks are made out of goose feathers.

The articles discusses about a sport called Badminton. Each of them focuses on a specific side of the sport. The first article focuses on its history, the second article focuses on the health benefits of playing it, the third article discusses the possible injuries that can be acquired in playing it, the last article gives information about Badminton that is not known to many people. All of the articles gives information about Badminton and is able to raise awareness according to the focus of its discussion.

The information found in the texts can be helpful and used in the day to day life of people that are able to analyze the texts and think outside the box. If people will just read the texts by itself, they would only be able to learn new information about Badminton. People should reflect on it in order to realize that even a sport like Badminton can be complex in a way that it can teach people that everything or everyone have their own advantages and disadvantages like Badminton. It may have a lot of health benefits but it can also cause a number of injuries like people. People can be an inspiration to others but some will still be a problem to others.

8 facts about badminton that will blow your mind

Title of the text: 8 facts about badminton that will blow your mind

Author of the text: Sportskeeda Staff Reporter

Title of journal/publication: Sportskeeda

URL or web address: https://www.sportskeeda.com/badminton/10-facts-about-badminton-that-will-blow-your-mind

Main Idea: How popular Badminton is and the origin of its shuttlecock are just some of the facts that most people do not know about the sport and might amaze them if they learn about it.

Supporting details:

  1. It has been claimed that badminton is the second most popular participation sport in the world, only behind football. When badminton was first included in the Olympics in 1992, 1.1 billion people watched the badminton competition on television.
  2. The average shuttlecock weighs between 4.74 to 5.5 grams, the best of which are made from the feathers of the left wing of a goose. 16 feathers are used in manufacturing a shuttlecock.

Badminton Injuries

Title of the text: Badminton Injuries

Author of the text: Virtual Sports Injury Clinic

Title of journal/publication: Sports Injuries

URL or web address: http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/sports-specific/badminton-injuries

Main Idea: Playing Badminton can cause injuries to athletes in their wrist, elbow, shoulder, knee, and ankle due to its overuse.

Supporting details:

  1. A poor backhand technique where the player has a soft or bent wrist can cause tennis elbow which is a generic term for pain outside the elbow and known as lateral epicondylitis.
  2. Jumper’s knee or patellar tendonitis is an overuse injury that results in pain at the front of the knee, localized at a point towards the bottom of the kneecap. Repetitive strain from too much running or jumping causes inflammation or degeneration of the patella tendon.

Top 10 Health Benefits of Badminton

Title of the text: Top 10 Health Benefits of Badminton

Author of the text: Samir Becic

Title of the journal/publication: Health fitness revolution

URL or web address: http://www.healthfitnessrevolution.com/top-10-health-benefits-badminton/

Main Idea: Badminton is a great racket sport which gives a lot of health benefits including Physical fitness and development of athleticism.

Supporting details:

  1. Playing badminton burns fat at a rate of 450 calories per hour. This kind of cardiovascular workout can help keep people in shape, especially if people are looking for a good alternative circuit training exercise.
  2. The fast-paced nature of the game increases the speed and improves the reflexes of players. Intelligence is also a key factor since players must also know how to control their opponents in every shot.

Badminton History

Title of the text: Badminton history

Author of the text: Robert Wood

Title of the journal/publication: Encyclopedia of sports

URL or web address: https://www.topendsports.com/sport/badminton/history.htm

Main Idea: Battledore and shuttlecock was the first name of the sport and has gone through many other names before being named Badminton.

Supporting details:

  1. A badminton-like game was known in ancient Greece and Egypt called battledore and shuttlecock in which two players hit a feathered shuttlecock back and forth with tiny rackets.
  2. Badminton was played in India during the 18th Century which was called “Poona” back then. The British army in India adopted the game in 1860s. They took the game back to England where it became a success at a party given by the Duke of Beaufort in 1873 at his estate called “Badminton” in Gloucestershire.